--- title: Kansas Law to Allow Concealed Carry of Guns Without Training, Permits description: “It is a constitutional right, and we’re removing a barrier to that right." canonical: https://time.com/3770182/kansas-bill-constitutional-carry-concealed-guns/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-03T02:14:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T05:40:39.623Z article:section: Politics og:title: New Kansas Law Will Allow Permit-Free Carry of Concealed Guns og:description: “It is a constitutional right, and we’re removing a barrier to that right" og:url: https://time.com/3770182/kansas-bill-constitutional-carry-concealed-guns/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: New Kansas Law Will Allow Permit-Free Carry of Concealed Guns twitter:description: “It is a constitutional right, and we’re removing a barrier to that right" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # New Kansas Law Will Allow Concealed Carry Without Gun Permit or Training by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Apr 3, 2015 2:14 AM UTC by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Apr 3, 2015 2:14 AM UTC A bill [signed](http://www.kansascity.com/news/government-politics/article17232419.html) Thursday by Gov. Sam Brownback will allow residents in Kansas to carry concealed firearms without a permit or training. Kansans aged 21 or older will be permitted to carry concealed guns starting July 1 when the law takes effect, even if they’re not trained or don’t have a permit, the Kansas City [_Star_](http://www.kansascity.com/news/government-politics/article17232419.html)reports. That will make the state one of six to allow “constitutional carry.” Anyone who would like to carry a concealed gun in any of the three dozen states that accept Kansas permits must go through training, a requirement that Brownback emphasized. But even with regard to Kansans, who won’t be required to go through training, he acknowledged that his youngest son had “got a lot out of” a hunter safety course recently and urged others “to take advantage of that.” “We’re saying that if you want to do that in this state, then you don’t have to get the permission slip from the government,” Brownback said. “It is a constitutional right, and we’re removing a barrier to that right.” The [Kansas State Rifle Association](http://www.ksraweb.net/) was supportive of the bill. A statement on its website reads: “the right to keep and bear arms is a natural, unalienable right protected by the Second Amendment and citizens should not have to go through burdensome and expensive hoops to exercise that right.” \[[_Kansas City Star_](http://www.kansascity.com/news/government-politics/article17232419.html)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3770182/kansas-bill-constitutional-carry-concealed-guns/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3770182/kansas-bill-constitutional-carry-concealed-guns/"},"headline":"New Kansas Law Will Allow Concealed Carry Without Gun Permit or Training","datePublished":"2015-04-03T02:14:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:40:39.623Z","description":"“It is a constitutional right, and we’re removing a barrier to that right\"","url":"https://time.com/3770182/kansas-bill-constitutional-carry-concealed-guns/","keywords":["States","Weapons","Guns","Gun laws"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/states/","name":"States"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3770182/kansas-bill-constitutional-carry-concealed-guns/","name":"New Kansas Law Will Allow Concealed Carry Without Gun Permit or Training"}}]}] ```